Frying-pan.



No. 888,002. PATENT-ED MAY 19, 1903. J. GSINGSAK.

FRYING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1907.

v Fluoeu'coz Wihmoozo UNITED STATES JOHN CSINGSAK, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

FRYING-PAN;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed November 4, 1907. Serial No. 400,539.

Tooll {whom it may concern: 1

Be it known th. t I, JOHN OSINCSAK, citizen of .the United-States, residing at Chicago, in

the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have I invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Frying-Pans, of which the fol owing open or close the cover, the ob ect of the invention being to provide means'which can be readily operated and which will hold the cover in open position when desired.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a slde view of the pan with the cover closed. Figs' 2 is a-similarf view, partly in section, with thecover open. Fi 3 is a detail top plan view of. part of t e pan. Fig. 4 is a et'ail of the hinge ofthe cover. Fig. 5 is'a detailof a catch vfor holding the cover open. Fig, 6 is a detail in ersp'ec-tive view of a thumb cover is lifted;

Referring specificallyto the drawings,

v indicates the pan and 7 the handle, formed-- by 'ressing "or stampin sheet metal, "the han le being or hollow handle, a known manner. Thecover for the pan is indicated at 8 and has a vent controlled by a valve 9. The hinge piece 10 is riveted to one edge of the cover and extends through a slot .11 in the shank. of the handle and is bent around a cross pin:

'12 fixed to the shank of the handle on the under side thereof, so that the cover may. swin open or closed. The cover is alsoprovide with a lever, piece 13.secured.thereto by the samerivets as the piece 10.,and ex v tending through the opening 11. The

lower or outer end of the lever has an open-I. mg 14 which receives the hook tongue 15 on the .end of an angular push iece 16,the up right arm of which extends t ough a retaining and iding slot117 *formed in thehandle. 7. .At t e top, abovethe handle, .the piece piece by means-o which the.

I claim; bent or cuiled tb form a tube 16 has a thumb iece 18 to receive the ressure of thethum -The handle is rovided, adjacent to the push piece 16, 'wit a latch 19 which has the form of a bail and which is pivoted'at its ends in holes at 20 in the side of the handle, and which is arranged to catch over the thumbpiece 18 when the same is de ressed.

ii o rmally the cover is closed, with the push piece 16 in raised position, as shown in Fig. 1. [By pressing down on said piece the cover .is swung-open on its hinge, in conse uence of the pressure on the lever 13, whic lifts the cover to the position shownin 2, and

it may be held in that I osition by catching the latch 19 over the t umb piece, as also shown in said figure. The cover will drop to. closed position by slipping the latch 01f.

The manipulation'ma' be very quickly erformed with one han to either lift or rop the cover, which will be very convenient, inasmuch as the other hand will be free to attendito the articles being cooked. I

The invention isnot limited to the particular form of the parts, which may be modified in various ways without 'departin from ,the-scope of the inventionwclaimed be ow.

' i The combination with. a pan having a handle with an opening in the shank thereof and a guide "slotnear the front end of the handle, a 4 hinged cover having a lever extending through the opening and projecting under the handle, an angular push iece having an upright arm extending an movable vertical y through the slot in'the'handle and connected at its lower end to the outer end ofthe lever .andhaving a finger piece at the upper end of said-arm, and a catch mounted on the handle and engageable with the push piece-to hold the cover open. I In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

" JOHN CS INOSAK. '.V Vit nesses:

' NELLIE-FEL'rsKoG,

- p H. G. BATOHELOR. 

